Competency Requirements Of Business Education Lecturers For Effective Information And Communications Technology Application In Colleges Of Education In Enugu State Nigeria
ABSTRACT
The
study was carried out to determine the competency requirements of Business
Education lecturers for effective information and communications technology
(ICT) application in Colleges of Education in Enugu State, Nigeria. The
research adopted descriptive survey research design. Four research questions
and four hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study comprised the
64 Business Education lecturers in federal, state and private colleges of
education Enugu State, Nigeria. There was no sampling because the population of
the study was manageable. Thus the study made use of the entire population of the study. The
instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled Competency
Requirements for Information and Communications Technology Application in
Business Education Questionnaire (CONFICTABEDQ). The instrument was validated
by three experts-two in Business Education and one in Measurement and Evaluation. The
reliability coefficient values obtained were .75, .80, .87 and .72 for clusters
1-4, respectively and the overall reliability index was .70. A total of 60 copies of the questionnaire were returned and
data were analysed using mean with standard deviation for answering the
research questions and t-test for the testing of the hypotheses. The result
showed that Business Education lecturers in colleges of
education required technical, pedagogical, administrative and attitudinal
competencies for effective ICT application. The four null hypotheses indicate
no significant difference opinion between male and female Business Education
lecturers. Thus, recommendations were made based on the findings including the
massive in-service training programme for Business Education lecturers using
every means available to them such as seminars, workshops, on-the-job training
and retraining programmes, on-campus study leave to enable them engage in ICT
training.
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FREDNORA, U (2023). Competency Requirements Of Business Education Lecturers For Effective Information And Communications Technology Application In Colleges Of Education In Enugu State Nigeria. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Jul 27, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/competency-requirements-of-business-education-lecturers-for-effective-information-and-communications-technology-application-in-colleges-of-education-in-enugu-state-nigeria-7-2
UCHENNA, FREDNORA. "Competency Requirements Of Business Education Lecturers For Effective Information And Communications Technology Application In Colleges Of Education In Enugu State Nigeria" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 19 May. 2023, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/competency-requirements-of-business-education-lecturers-for-effective-information-and-communications-technology-application-in-colleges-of-education-in-enugu-state-nigeria-7-2. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
UCHENNA, FREDNORA. "Competency Requirements Of Business Education Lecturers For Effective Information And Communications Technology Application In Colleges Of Education In Enugu State Nigeria". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 19 May. 2023. Web. 27 Jul. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/competency-requirements-of-business-education-lecturers-for-effective-information-and-communications-technology-application-in-colleges-of-education-in-enugu-state-nigeria-7-2 >.
UCHENNA, FREDNORA. "Competency Requirements Of Business Education Lecturers For Effective Information And Communications Technology Application In Colleges Of Education In Enugu State Nigeria" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2023). Accessed 27 Jul. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/competency-requirements-of-business-education-lecturers-for-effective-information-and-communications-technology-application-in-colleges-of-education-in-enugu-state-nigeria-7-2